Category ALBUM
If the apocalypse was coming, Apophys would be the soundtrack. Formed in 2012 in The Netherlands and boasting members of renowned Dutch bands including: God Dethroned, Prostitute Disfigurement, Detonation and Toxocara, the well oiled, technically sublime and brutal death metal… Continue Reading →
If you look up self-indulgent in the dictionary, you will find ‘e.g. one man black metal bands ‘. But hang on, think about this for a moment; who do you want them to ‘indulge’? Commercial interests? The mainstream? You? Or… Continue Reading →
Well having seen this band playing tracks from this release a couple of times it made perfect sense for their debut EP to end up straight on my review pile. Following up from their 2013 demo MMXIII this Irish band… Continue Reading →
I’m not known for my love of all things Kvlt & Blvk or whatever the angry badgers refer to themselves as these days. Black metal has always been a bit ‘take it or leave it’ for me. Some bands I… Continue Reading →
I must admit, it’s been a really long while since I’ve heard a new album with this sound. Sure, there are doom metal bands, and even sub-genres aplenty, but I’ve not heard anything this classic sounding for many years. To… Continue Reading →
Formed in 2012 by Hermes (ex-Necrosadist), this Cypriot one-man black metal project has up to now released just one EP – 2013’s self-titled effort. Intended as more of an individual and explorative project than his past endeavours, the words of… Continue Reading →
And now for something completely different. Nope not Monty Python metal but certainly something a bit off the wall here from Denmark as we get our jazz shoes on and mix things up This is the group’s third album and… Continue Reading →
I first encountered Undersmile at a gig in Colchester a couple of years back. I had primarily gone to see Witch Sorrow, and Undersmile were headlining that particular night. As much as I had enjoyed Witch Sorrow’s set, I was… Continue Reading →
Choosing to open your debut album with a song that’s over 20 minutes in length means business, and Headless Kross certainly aren’t taking any prisoners when it comes to the droned out, monolithic journey that is ‘Rural Juror’. The occasional… Continue Reading →
Frost bitten French ritualists Nyseius are on their second album now after the last one, more or less an extended EP, introduced the band with a nice icy blast onto the scene. But it’s been years since that album was… Continue Reading →
Attaining to recapture the roots of Norwegian black metal, in defiance of the scene’s progressive bastardisation, Arvas certainly managed to deliver an uncompromising blast with 2013’s ‘Into the Realm of the Occult’. (Subsequent to reviewing that one, it’s disappeared from… Continue Reading →
I will start out by helping you out. It’s pronounced “oofomammoot”. I am not being patronising. This is a moniker I have seen in print many times but never heard said aloud by anyone with any conviction. It means UFO… Continue Reading →